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Starts off a little slow, but builds up to a strong, emotional ending. The slow start helps to create the feeling that you have read a story covering a man's entire life.
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User Review - Shelby - GoodreadsThis book was tough to get into at first because the references initially are from before my time- it starts off with Barney as a young man in the 1950s/60s. However I am SO glad I pushed through ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | This Year in Jerusalem Vintage: Autobiography |
| Author | Mordecai Richler |
| Publisher | Chatto & Windus, 1994 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | Nov 17, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0701162724, 9780701162726 |
| Length | 291 pages |
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